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Before he became one of the Avengers, Dr. Henry Pym was a man with big ideas. His contemporaries in the field of chemistry laughed when he first suggested his theories of spatial relations. They jeered at his beliefs that objects could be shrunk and later enlarged to their original size. They made Dr. Henry Pym feel very small indeed. And so, without their support and the proper funding, Henry created a serum based on his theories and then proceeded to experiment with it upon himself. And he shrunk to the size of an ant. That's where the nightmare began, as well as the beginnings of a hero. Collects: Tales to Astonish #27, 35-60
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Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics. With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
